Juno Award for Blues Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Blues Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1994, as recognition each year for the best blues album in Canada. The award used to be a combined blues and gospel award category.^[1]

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  1 Winners
  
  
  
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    1.1 Best Blues/Gospel Album (1994 - 1997)
    
  
  
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    1.2 Best Blues Album (1998 - 2002)
    
  
  
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    1.3 Blues Album of the Year (2003 - present)
    
  
  
  
  


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  2 References
  

Winners

Best Blues/Gospel Album (1994 - 1997)

Year	Winner	Album	Nominees	Ref.
1994	Colin Linden	South at Eight/North at Nine	You Can't Have Everything – Dutch Mason Bluesology – The Whiteley Brothers Terra Firma Boogie – Triple Threat	[2]
1995	Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir	Joy to the World Jubilation V	Good Times Guaranteed – Downchild Blues Band Home Is Where the Harp Is - Live – Harpdog Brown and the Bloodhounds Welcome Back – John Ellison Just Gettin' Started – Rita Chiarelli	[3]
1996	Jim Byrnes	That River	Rites of Passage – Georgette Fry Urban Blues Re:Newell – King Biscuit Boy Big City Blues – Sue Foley When the Sun Goes Down – The Sidemen	[2]
1997	Long John Baldry	Right to Sing the Blues	If My Daddy Could See Me Now – Johnny V Alive & Loose – Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne Sixteen Shades of Ble – The Whiteley Brothers Fire – To</smallngues of Fire	[2]

Best Blues Album (1998 - 2002)

Year	Winner	Album	Nominees	Ref.
1998	Colin James	National Steel	No Special Rider – Bill Bourne / Andreas Schuld / Hans Stamer A Big Love – Lester Quitzau What Were You Thinking? – The Rockin' Highliners In the Evening – Vann "Piano Man" Walls
1999	Fathead	Blues Weather	Big Boy (Some Recycled Blues and Other Somewhat Related Stuff) – Carlos del Junco Colin James and The Little Big Band II – Colin James Blues Boss Boogie – Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne Blues Money – Michael Pickett
2000	Ray Bonneville	Gust of Wind	Blues Party – Chris Whiteley Michael Jerome Browne – Michael Jerome Browne Call It What You Want – Steve Hill
2001	Sue Foley	Love Comin' Down	Topless – Big Daddy G Neck Bones & Cavier – Mel Brown Conversation With The Blues – Michael Pickett Rough Luck – Ray Bonneville
2002	Colin Linden	Big Mouth	Double Shot! – Mel Brown & Snooky Pryor Drive On – Michael Jerome Brown Rattlebag – Paul Reddick & The Sidemen Breakfast At Midnight – Rita Chiarelli	[4]

Blues Album of the Year (2003 - present)

Year	Winner	Album	Nominees	Ref.
2003	Jack de Keyzer	6 String Loverl	First Class Riff-Raff – Fathead Wise and Otherwise – Harry Manx 88th & Jump Street – Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne Long Hard Road – The Twisters
2004	Morgan Davis	Painkiller	Sweet Taste – Harrison Kennedy Jubilee – Harry Manx & Kevin Breit Roll It Down – Ray Bonneville Too Much Fun – The Rockit 88 Band
2005	Garrett Mason	I'm Just A Man	Come On In – Downchild Fresh Horses – Jim Byrnes Soap Bars & Dog Ears – Jimmy Bowskill No One To Blame – Rita Chiarelli
2006	Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne	Let It Loose	Voice + Story – Harrison Kennedy Songs Of Vice And Sorrow – Julian Fauth Villanelle – Paul Reddick The Gas And The Clutch – The Perpetrators
2007	Jim Byrnes	House of Refuge	Colin James & The Little Big Band 3 – Colin James Easin' Back To Tennessee – Colin Linden Acoustic – David Gogo The Way It Feels – Roxanne Potvin
2008	Fathead	Building Full of Blues	High Country Blues – Harrison Kennedy Blues Thing – Jack de Keyzer Junction City – Little Miss Higgins A Lesson I've Learned – The Johnny Max Band
2009	Julian Fauth	Ramblin’ Son	Get Way Back- A Tribute To Percy Mayfield – Amos Garrett Acoustic Blues- Got 'Em From The Bottom – Big Dave McLean Love & Sound performed Garrett Mason Mess of Blues performed Jeff Healey
2010	Jack de Keyzer	The Corktown Sessions	Steady Movin' – Carlos del Junco From The Water – Colin Linden I Need A Hat – Downchild Low Fidelity – Treasa Levasseur
2011	Jim Byrnes	Everywhere West	Where's The Blues Taking Me – Fathead Bread and Buddha – Harry Manx It's A Long Road – The Johnny Max Band The Sojourners – The Sojourners
2012	MonkeyJunk	To Behold	Still Blue – Bill Johnson Soul Bender – David Gogo Shame The Devil – Harrison Kennedy Me ‘n’ Mabel – Suzie Vinnick
2013	Steve Strongman	A Natural Fact	FIFTEEN – Colin James Electric Love – Jack de Keyzer Time – Shakura S'Aida Solo Recordings Volume One – Steve Hill
2014	Downchild Blues Band	Can You Hear the Music	Come on Down – David Gogo Soulscape – Harrison Kennedy My Guitar's My Only Friend – James 'Buddy' Rogers All Frequencies – MonkeyJunk
2015	Steve Hill	Solo Recordings, Vol. 2	Belmont Boulevard – JW-Jones Let Me Prove It To You – Steve Strongman Wicked – The 24th Street Wailers A Real Fine Mess – Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer
2016	Harrison Kennedy	This Is From Here	Faded But Not Gone – Big Dave McLean Brothers In This World – Blackburn Vicksburg Call – David Gogo Sliding Delta – Michael Jerome Browne
2017	Paul Reddick	Ride the One	Blue Highways – Colin James Rich in Love – Colin Linden Monkey Brain – Sean Pinchin The Northern South Vol. 1 – Whitehorse
2018	MonkeyJunk	Time to Roll	Better the Devil You Know – Big Dave McLean Something I’ve Done – Downchild No Time Like Now – Steve Strongman Big City, Back Country Blues – Williams, Wayne and Isaak	[5]
2019	TBA		Checkmate – Jack de Keyzer The Ice Queen – Sue Foley Myles Goodwyn and Friends of the Blues – Myles Goodwyn Miles to Go – Colin James Run to Me – Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar

References

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   ^ ^abc "The Juno Awards Best Blues/Gospel Album". junoawards.ca. Archived from the original on 29 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
   


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   ^ "The JUNO Awards Best Blues/Gospel Recording". junoawards.ca. Archived from the original on 29 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
   


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   ^ "JUNO Awards Best Blues Album". junoawards.ca. Archived from the original on 29 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
   


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   ^ "JUNO Awards Blues Album of the Year". junoawards.ca. Archived from the original on 29 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
   

v t e Juno Awards
Awards to individuals	Artist of the Year Fan Choice Group of the Year Breakthrough Artist of the Year Breakthrough Group of the Year Producer Recording Engineer Songwriter
Awards for recordings	Album of the Year Adult Alternative Adult Contemporary Alternative Blues Children's Comedy CCM/Gospel Classical Composition Classical – Large Ensemble Classical – Solo or Chamber Ensemble Classical – Vocal or Choral Performance Country Dance Electronic Francophone Indigenous Music Instrumental International Jazz – Solo Jazz – Group Jazz – Vocal Heavy Metal Pop R&B/Soul Rap Reggae Rock Contemporary Roots Traditional Roots Single of the Year World Music
Awards for technicality	Music DVD Recording Package Video
Discontinued categories	Best Jazz Album (1977-1993) Jazz – Contemporary (1994-2014) Jazz – Traditional (1994-2014) Best Roots and Traditional Album (1989-1995) Roots & Traditional Album – Solo (1996-2015) Roots & Traditional Album – Group (1996-2015)
Special awards	Canadian Music Hall of Fame Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award Allan Waters Humanitarian Award
Years	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Leadership	Walt Grealis Stan Klees Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
See also Music of Canada Polaris Music Prize Much Music Video Awards Félix Awards East Coast Music Awards Western Canadian Music Awards

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